Optimizing radiation dose by using advanced modelled iterative reconstruction in high-pitch coronary CT angiography

S Gordic, L Desbiolles, M Sedlmair, R Manka… - European …, 2016 - Springer
… Optimizing radiation dose of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) represents
a permanent endeavour [1]. Many radiation dose reduction techniques were developed …

Non–electrocardiogram-triggered 70-kVp high-pitch computed tomography angiography of the whole aorta with iterative reconstruction: initial results

LJ Zhang, X Li, UJ Schoepf, JL Wichmann… - … Assisted Tomography, 2016 - journals.lww.com
… Thus, the purpose of our study was to assess the feasibility of non–ECG-triggered high-pitch
of the aorta at 120 kVp with filtered back projection (FBP) and 80 mL contrast agent using …

Systematic comparison of reduced tube current protocols for high-pitch and standard-pitch pulmonary CT angiography in a large single-center population

AM Bucher, MJ Kerl, MH Albrecht, M Beeres… - Academic radiology, 2016 - Elsevier
… Benefits of iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithms combined with dose-reduction techniques
have been shown at computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in several …

High-pitch, 120 kVp/30 mAs, low-dose dual-source chest CT with iterative reconstruction: prospective evaluation of radiation dose reduction and image quality …

HK Lim, HI Ha, HJ Hwang, K Lee - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… IR shows considerable potential in CT pulmonary angiography with estimated radiation …
of 120 kVp, IR-HP-CT used fast gantry rotation, relatively lower tube current and high pitch. It is …

CT pulmonary angiography: simultaneous low-pitch dual-source acquisition mode with 70 kVp and 40 ml of contrast medium and comparison with high-pitch spiral …

J Boos, P Kröpil, RS Lanzman, J Aissa… - The British journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… Images were reconstructed with a soft-tissue kernel in 1-mm axial slices using a medium
level of iterative reconstruction (Level 3, sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction) (SAFIRE; …

Evaluating the effect of increased pitch, iterative reconstruction and dual source CT on dose reduction and image quality

J Gariani, SP Martin, D Botsikas… - The British journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… The purpose of this study was to evaluate image quality of high-pitch CT … high-pitch protocols
without sacrificing image quality. BMI, body mass index; CTDIvol, Computed Tomography

Motion artifact reduction from high-pitch dual-source computed tomography pulmonary angiography

PM Bunch, UP Fulwadhva, JR Wortman… - … Assisted Tomography, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Image acquisition was performed in the … were reconstructed and soft tissue algorithm coronal
2 × 2 or 3 × 3 mm images were reformatted using sinogram affirmed iterative reconstruction

High-pitch CT pulmonary angiography in third generation dual-source CT: image quality in an unselected patient population

BO Sabel, K Buric, N Karara, KM Thierfelder, J Dinkel… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… diagnoses, computed tomography pulmonary angiography (… The image series were
reconstructed with a slice thickness of 2 … An intermediate iterative reconstruction strength of 3 was …

Evaluating low-kV dual-source CT angiography by high-pitch spiral acquisition and iterative reconstruction in pediatric congenital heart disease patients

Y Marukawa, S Sato, T Tanaka, A Tada… - Acta Medica …, 2017 - ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp
computed tomography (DSCT) images reconstructed by sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction
(… We analyzed the cases of 287 congenital heart disease (CHD) patients < 5 years old, …

High-pitch versus standard mode CT pulmonary angiography: a comparison of indeterminate studies

DA Doolittle, AT Froemming, CW Cox - Emergency radiology, 2019 - Springer
Computed tomography pulmonary angiography is now considered the gold standard for the
… Post-acquisition image reconstruction was identical between the two groups and included …